date:Dec 11, 2012
According to Food Safety News, the U.S. Food and Drug Administrations (FDA) decision to withhold agency data regarding the sale of antibiotics for use in food animals is unlawful, according to a lawsuit filed by the Government Accountability Project (GAP) Dec. 5.
Drug companies are required to report basic information about antibiotic sales to the FDA under the Animal Drug User Fee Act (ADUFA). The data is supposed to help the agency track potential ties between usage and the increase in antibi